Virtua Tennis 4

Game Summary

The top players in the world return, joined by some of the most exciting up-and-coming contenders. An all-star line-up of 19 players, including Nadal, Federer, Murray, Sharapova, Wozniacki and Williams, are gathered for a new World Tour that mixes in roleplaying elements to ensure that no two careers are the same. Players will be able to get even closer to the real thing with new motion control functionality on Move and Kinect.

Game Review

Franchise followers will find Virtua Tennis 4 a difficult title to resist. The gameplay has proven solid for years, and everyone loves to see their favorite games in a fresh coat of paint. Yet no matter how powerful our nostalgia may be, it's obvious when a developer is relying so heavily on its namesake that it takes lazy shortcuts and ignores the potentially genre-breaking...
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An Interview with the creative director of the Virtua Tennis series today has revealed a little bit more about how the latest game will use PlayStation Move.
Virtua Tennis 4 seems to be going all-in when it comes to motion control, using it more extensively than any of the Wiiâ€™s tennis games. Sega has shifted the entire interface of the game and it will even use the PlayStation Eye specifically.
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2K Games announced today that Top Spin 4 will come out the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii in 2011. It will introduce major changes from the previous game, but 2K made no mention of motion controls for the HD versions.
Top Spin 4 will retain the franchiseâ€™s dedication towards creating a deep, realistic tennis experience as opposed to Segaâ€™s arcade-oriented Virtua Tennis series. â€œTop Spin 4 is shaping up to be the most realistic and exhilarating tennis game in the Top Spin franchise,â€ said 2K president of product development Greg Thomas. 2K also promises one of the deepest player rosters yet which will include both contemporary and classic athletes â€“ one of which will be a pre-order bonus at GameStop.
The big changes coming to this entry are in the controls and the development behind the game.
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This here is the first podcast from the Kombo Videogame News Team 5. Each week we will go over â€œWhat Weâ€™ve Played in the Last Seven Days,â€ followed by the big news stories of the week, and then a special third segment which will vary in style from week to week.
This week we have on the mic: Jeff Grubb, Pete Davison, Joey Davidson and Brad Hilderbrand.
We talk about Kane & Lynch 2, Singularity, Dragon Quest IX, Castlevania HD, NHL 11, Madden 11 and Red Dead Redemption.
Then in the big news stories of the week:
*Gamescom Announcements - Resistance 3 Announcement trailer - Ratchet and Clank All 4 One - Infamous 2 - Virtua Tennis 4
*Play.com lists the 3DS at Â£199.99
*Windows Phone 7 Xbox Live Games - Are we going to trade in our phones? Is this even something Nintendo and/or Apple should be worried about?
*Fox News Weighs in on the MoH Controversy - What the hell? When did Fox News start allowing reason on their network? The controversy is one thing, but what do we think about how measured Fox News was in their portrayal it?
*Mass Effect 2 to PS3
In the third segment Jeff Grubb talks about how videogames have struggled by being such a varied medium with a very small name.
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Sega revealed Virtua Tennis 4 on the PS3 today at Gamesom in Cologne, Germany. The game will be compatible with PlayStation Move and feature 3D.
Sega showed off a brief playtest of the game at Gamescom. According to IGN what Sega showed was rather simplistic and early â€“ not unlike Wii Sports Tennis with automatically-controlled characters.
This will actually be the second motion-controlled Virtua Tennis game after the Wii version of Virtua Tennis 2009 which was one of the first games to use the Wii Motion Plus (and the nunchuck with which to control the players). However Virtua Tennis 4 turns out, it seems that this game will start anew with its motion controls.
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